How does an ethnographer [historian] write about violence [against the
history of his own city]? How can he make sense of violent acts, for himself and for his readers, without compromising its sheer excess and its meaning-defying core? How can he remain a scholarly observer when the country of his birth is engulfed by terror?
For centuries, Mosul created and maintained a unique cultural identity. It has endured periods of bloodshed and extreme change in its structure, rule and architecture. Any other city may have given way to what might have been a completely new system and social fabric after every foreign invasion. The city of Mosul has experienced almost 300 invasions by various foreign nations and empires. Nevertheless, it has always protected its cultural heritage and identity, whether through language, literature or visual memory.
Filmed at the IAPSS World Congress in April 2022.
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